1957 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1957 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Glenorchy were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. North Hobart were the premiers, with John Leedham as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1957 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 58

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy	KGV Oval	Jack Rough
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	John Leedham
Sandy Bay		Gordon Bowman

Season Results

Premiers: North Hobart
Runners-Up: Glenorchy
Minor Premiers: Glenorchy

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Glenorchy	1st	13	-1-	4	54	116.7%	1,685	1,444	243	227	201	238
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	125.0%	1,733	1,386	243	275	196	210
Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	92.8%	1,501	1,618	211	235	229	244
Sandy Bay	4th	8	-0-	10	32	88.5%	1,593	1,800	229	219	255	270
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	13	20	92.3%	1,504	1,629	213	226	235	219
Clarence	6th	4	-1-	13	18	91.2%	1,446	1,585	201	240	224	241

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
North Hobart	1st	Premiers
Glenorchy	2nd	Runners-Up
Hobart	3rd	Defeated by Glenorchy (Preliminary Final)
Sandy Bay	4th	Defeated by Hobart (Semi Final)
New Norfolk	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Clarence	6th	Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/04/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	82	-	57	5,879
SAT	20/04/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	113	-	100	7,193
MON	22/04/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	68	-	83	6,096

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	1	-0-	0	4	143.9%	82	57
North Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	122.1%	83	68
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	113.0%	113	100
Sandy Bay	4th	0	-0-	1	0	88.5%	100	113
Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	81.9%	68	83
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	1	0	69.5%	57	82

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/04/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	54	-	60	3,239
SAT	27/04/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	56	-	47	2,577
SAT	27/04/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	75	-	73	2,906

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	2	-0-	0	8	127.9%	142	111
North Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	109.1%	156	143
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	104.4%	167	160
Hobart	4th	1	-0-	1	4	95.4%	124	130
Sandy Bay	5th	1	-0-	1	4	94.1%	175	186
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	2	0	75.4%	104	138

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/05/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	74	-	80	2,665
SAT	04/05/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	94	-	96	2,258
SAT	04/05/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	96	-	72	5,387

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	2	-0-	1	8	117.2%	252	215
Glenorchy	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	113.1%	216	191
Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	100.0%	204	204
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	1	8	96.8%	271	280
Clarence	5th	1	-0-	2	4	93.4%	239	256
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	3	0	84.6%	198	234

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/05/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	72	-	95	1,760
SAT	11/05/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	81	-	62	3,751
SAT	11/05/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	115	-	91	3,642

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	3	-0-	1	12	117.4%	297	253
Hobart	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	108.1%	319	295
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	106.1%	314	296
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	2	8	91.6%	362	395
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	3	4	95.8%	293	306
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	3	4	88.6%	311	351

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/05/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	80	-	84	1,829
SAT	18/05/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	134	-	110	3,371
SAT	18/05/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	97	-	108	4,191

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	4	-0-	1	16	118.7%	431	363
Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	107.5%	403	375
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	101.7%	411	404
New Norfolk	4th	2	-0-	3	8	99.5%	401	403
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	3	8	89.2%	472	529
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	4	4	89.9%	391	435

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/05/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	112	-	103	2,925
SAT	25/05/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	142	-	69	5,120
SAT	25/05/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	101	-	97	2,455

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	4	-0-	2	16	112.4%	534	475
Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	91.3%	472	517
North Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	116.9%	553	473
New Norfolk	4th	3	-0-	3	12	101.4%	513	506
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	3	12	91.5%	573	626
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	5	4	91.0%	488	536

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/06/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	97	-	84	3,191
SAT	01/06/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	111	-	59	2,040
SAT	01/06/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	77	-	81	5,283

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	5	-0-	2	20	112.9%	631	559
New Norfolk	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	110.4%	624	565
Sandy Bay	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	93.0%	654	703
Hobart	4th	4	-0-	3	16	84.6%	531	628
North Hobart	5th	3	-0-	4	12	113.7%	630	554
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	6	4	90.4%	572	633

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/06/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	76	-	84	2,706
SAT	08/06/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	78	-	87	4,024
SAT	08/06/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	109	-	92	3,800

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	6	-0-	2	24	112.7%	718	637
Sandy Bay	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	96.0%	763	795
North Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	113.3%	714	630
New Norfolk	4th	4	-0-	4	16	106.2%	716	674
Hobart	5th	4	-0-	4	16	85.2%	609	715
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	7	4	90.4%	648	717

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/06/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	101	-	100	2,289
SAT	15/06/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	115	-	85	5,876
SAT	15/06/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	58	-	83	2,224

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	6	-0-	3	24	106.8%	803	752
North Hobart	2nd	5	-0-	4	20	115.9%	829	715
Sandy Bay	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	93.5%	821	878
Hobart	4th	5	-0-	4	20	89.5%	692	773
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	5	16	105.3%	816	775
Clarence	6th	2	-0-	7	8	91.7%	749	817

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/06/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	97	-	95	3,564
SAT	22/06/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	42	-	107	2,793
SAT	22/06/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	74	-	116	2,723

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	7	-0-	3	28	111.3%	919	826
North Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	123.6%	936	757
Hobart	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	90.9%	789	868
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	5	20	90.0%	895	994
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	6	16	97.3%	858	882
Clarence	6th	2	-0-	8	8	92.3%	844	914

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/06/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	98	-	68	2,440
SAT	29/06/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	97	-	86	3,232
SAT	29/06/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	86	-	100	4,500

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	8	-0-	3	32	111.4%	1,016	912
North Hobart	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	122.9%	1,036	843
Hobart	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	90.4%	875	968
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	6	20	88.2%	963	1,092
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	7	16	96.4%	944	979
Clarence	6th	3	-0-	8	12	95.9%	942	982

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/07/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	80	-	80	3,280
SAT	06/07/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	105	-	100	3,425
SAT	06/07/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	87	-	97	2,763

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	8	-1-	3	34	110.5%	1,096	992
North Hobart	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	121.8%	1,133	930
Hobart	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	91.8%	980	1,068
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	7	20	88.3%	1,050	1,189
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	8	16	96.3%	1,044	1,084
Clarence	6th	3	-1-	8	14	96.2%	1,022	1,062

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/07/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	66	-	82	2,882
SAT	13/07/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	96	-	101	2,395
SAT	13/07/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	129	-	77	5,215

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	4	36	125.3%	1,262	1,007
Glenorchy	2nd	8	-1-	4	34	108.2%	1,162	1,074
Hobart	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	93.7%	1,062	1,134
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	7	24	89.6%	1,151	1,285
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	9	16	96.2%	1,140	1,185
Clarence	6th	3	-1-	9	14	92.3%	1,099	1,191

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/08/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	73	-	54	2,016
SAT	03/08/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	56	-	72	3,134
SAT	03/08/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	79	-	112	3,035

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	9	-1-	4	38	109.2%	1,234	1,130
North Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	122.2%	1,318	1,079
Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	96.8%	1,174	1,213
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	8	24	88.0%	1,230	1,397
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	9	20	97.9%	1,213	1,239
Clarence	6th	3	-1-	10	14	91.2%	1,153	1,264

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/08/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	59	-	39	1,226
SAT	10/08/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	106	-	90	2,086
SAT	10/08/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	81	-	78	3,159

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	10	-1-	4	42	109.8%	1,340	1,220
North Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	120.9%	1,399	1,157
Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	95.4%	1,213	1,272
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	9	24	87.8%	1,320	1,503
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	10	20	97.8%	1,291	1,320
Clarence	6th	4	-1-	10	18	93.0%	1,212	1,303

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/08/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	56	-	91	2,116
SAT	17/08/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	106	-	98	4,063
SAT	17/08/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	108	-	72	2,352

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	11	-1-	4	46	112.1%	1,431	1,276
North Hobart	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	119.9%	1,505	1,255
Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	95.1%	1,311	1,378
Sandy Bay	4th	7	-0-	9	28	90.7%	1,428	1,575
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	11	20	95.5%	1,347	1,411
Clarence	6th	4	-1-	11	18	91.0%	1,284	1,411

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/08/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	91	-	88	1,820
SAT	24/08/1957	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	77	-	110	1,630
SAT	24/08/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	145	-	57	5,031

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	12	-1-	4	50	111.6%	1,522	1,364
North Hobart	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	125.8%	1,650	1,312
Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	97.7%	1,421	1,455
Sandy Bay	4th	7	-0-	10	28	86.3%	1,485	1,720
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	12	20	93.6%	1,424	1,521
Clarence	6th	4	-1-	12	18	91.3%	1,372	1,502

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/08/1957	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	74	-	83	1,458
SAT	31/08/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	80	-	163	2,529
SAT	31/08/1957	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	108	-	80	3,221

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	13	-1-	4	54	116.7%	1,685	1,444
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	125.0%	1,733	1,386
Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	92.8%	1,501	1,618
Sandy Bay	4th	8	-0-	10	32	88.5%	1,593	1,800
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	13	20	92.3%	1,504	1,629
Clarence	6th	4	-1-	13	18	91.2%	1,446	1,585

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Glenorchy	1st	13	-1-	4	54	116.7%	1,685	1,444	243	227	201	238
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	125.0%	1,733	1,386	243	275	196	210
Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	92.8%	1,501	1,618	211	235	229	244
Sandy Bay	4th	8	-0-	10	32	88.5%	1,593	1,800	229	219	255	270
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	13	20	92.3%	1,504	1,629	213	226	235	219
Clarence	6th	4	-1-	13	18	91.2%	1,446	1,585	201	240	224	241

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/09/1957	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	121	-	104	8,460
SAT	14/09/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	16	-	85	7,764

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Hobart	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
Hobart	3rd
Sandy Bay	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/09/1957	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	113	-	99	9,842

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Hobart	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
Hobart	3rd
Sandy Bay	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/09/1957	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	81	-	69	16,363

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Hobart	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
Hobart	3rd
Sandy Bay	4th

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